Pipe-wrench.



G. W. WILLARD.

PIPE WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I6. 191e.

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GEORGE WILLIAM WILLARD, OF SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CYRUS A. FRENCH, 0F SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, CANADA, AND ON E-THIRDTO LOCKHART RAND WILLARD, OF EAST ANGUS, QUEBEC, CANADA.

.PIPE-WRENCH.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE VILLIAM VILLARD, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and resident of 4: Kingston avenue, Sherbrooke, Quebec,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPipe-VVrenches, of which the following is the speciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in pipe wrenches as described inthe present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawingsthat form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel construction andarrangement of parts set forth in detail hereinafter.

The objects of the invention are to devise a wrench that will griptighter and loosen easier than wrenches for pipe work usually do, tosave time for the working and thereby economize in the employment oflabor and generally to provide a cheap, durable and efficient tool.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the wrench complete.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing two parallel bars removed.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each gure.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 1 and 2 indicate the jaw membersand these are formed with the gripping teeth 3 and 4, on the innerfaces, said faces describing dif- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1916.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Serial No. 84,706.

ferent curves and at their inner ends nearly meeting. At the said innerends of the aw members, the beveled inner faces 5 and 6 beginl and theseextend to the shanks proper 7 an 8.

The shanks 7 and 8 are thus spread though parallelly arranged and towardthe end have the arc-shaped recesses 9 and 10, into which the handle 11fits by means of the curved lugs 12 at the end.

The pins in pairs 13 and 14 project outwardly from the shanks 7 and 8,each pair being joined by a parallel bar, the pins 13 by the bar 15 andthe pins 14 by the bar 16.

These pins are pivotally connected by the said bars 15 and 16, so theoperation of the handle moves the jaws in and out and toward oneanother.

The combination of two jaw members having gripping faces and shankstherefrom and arc-shaped recesses in said shanks, a handle havingvlugsat the end engaging in said recesses and two pairs of parallel barsjoining said j aw members and pivotally workable thereon on the turningof said handle.

Signed at Montreal, Canada., this 12th day of February, 1916.

GEORGE WILLIAM W ILLARD.

Witnesses:

W. W. TAYLOR, E. J. FETHERSTONHATCH.

Copies of this patent may 'be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

